Merrill house, Round Rock, Texas, back corner view
Title:
Merrill house, Round Rock, Texas, back corner view
Description:
House, Round Rock, exterior | Corner view of single story stone attachment with a smaller clapboard structure built onto the back. The single story structure is attached to a taller building with a small enclosed cupola and widow's walk visible on the roof. The attachment has an exterior stone chimney in full view and the top of another chimney visible on a shingle roof. Several chickens roam the foreground. The left side of the frame is obscured by foliage. | From a series of unique photographic images, which Williams took on his travels through central Texas in the 1920s, showing examples of vernacular architecture. Williams donated the negatives to the UT's School of Architecture in 1961 and they were subsequently transferred to the Alexander Architectural Archives.
Creator/Contributor:
Williams, David R. (David Reichard), 1890-1962 (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1920s
Owning Repository:
Alexander Architectural Archives, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
Photographs, black-and-white photographs, still image, and Architectural photographs
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Language:
not applicable
Topic:
Vernacular architecture, Architecture, Domestic--Texas, and Stone houses
Time Period Covered:
1920 to 1930
Place Name:
Round Rock (Tex.)
Geographic Coverage:
Texas (state)
General Note:
Eugene George reviewed the images and attempted to identify the
projects' locations. Suggested locations offered as a note in the description are supplied by George. and Building name identified by John Volz, June 1, 2020
Citation Note:
David Reichard Williams collection, Alexander Architectural Archives, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin